The first beta version of Mandriva Linux 2007, codename "Thor", has been released. From the press release: "Available in four different flavours (KDE or GNOME, i586 or x86_64), you can get a glimpse of the next Mandriva Linux 2007 edition. Note that not all of the new features have been implemented yet and that a beta version is not bug-proof. This is why we strongly encourage everyone to test and report any bugs or surprises they may encounter. Main changes: New Mirror structure; New network popup notifications (on network state mainly); Gnome 2.16 beta 1; Kernel 2.6.17; KDE 3.5.3; Updated wireless application (drakroam) (encryption mainly); Switch to new standard menus, XDG (in progress)." Find more technical information about this beta on http://qa.mandriva.com/ and in the README/Changelog files. Download from mirrors: mandriva-one-2007-thor-kde.i586.iso (691MB, MD5), mandriva-one-2007-thor-gnome.i586.iso (684MB, MD5).

Sylvie Migneault just announced a new version of AliXe "Standard" edition, which is essentially a French edition of the popular SLAX live CD customised for use in French-speaking regions of Canada. The new version is based on the recently released SLAX 5.1.7b KillBill Edition, including the Linux kernel 2.6.16.22 and KDE desktop 3.5.3. Koffice productivity suite has been upgraded to version 1.5.2. It also supports the two most commonly used keyboard layouts in Quebec - "cf" and "multilingue". Read the announcement (in French, MD5 within) on Quebecos.com. AliXe 0.08c "Standard" edition is available for download via BitTorrent: alixe08c-STD.iso (250MB).

Version 12.8 of aLinux, a distribution formerly known as Peanut Linux, has been released. The changes in this release are as follows: The API was changed by updating to glibc 2.4 and GCC 4.1.1. Other updates include KDE 3.5.3 and KOffice 1.5.2. Xorg was removed and replaced with XFree86 4.6.0. The Linux kernel version is 2.6.17 with IVTV. A MultiMedia desktop was added for high definition users. More information is available in the release notes and on the projects' homepage. Download: alinux.iso (761MB, MD5).

Puppy Linux version 2.02 is released, the greatest news with which is Puppy now has full NTFS write support, using the ntfs-3g driver: "Full read and write support for NTFS partitions. This includes saving of the Puppy session to hard drive. More thorough checking of system integrity at a version upgrade, to ensure that the system is stable and usable. The kernel is still version 2.6.16.7 but has been recompiled to support 4G memory and frequency scaling..." Find more details in the release notes. Download: puppy-2.02-seamonkey.iso (71.8MB, MD5).

ROCK Linux is a flexible Distribution Build Kit. It can be used for building your own Linux distributions. Version 3 of the ROCK Linux is released. From the announcement: "It took a bit over 20 months, but finally, ROCK 3 is done. Over the last 20 months, ROCK Linux has seen many changes not only in the code, but also in its aim and social relations... Creating a distribution is a complex task. ROCK makes this task a lot easier. Many changes since the last release have gone into enhancing the example distribution - Crystal ROCK - to be a good reference for what is possible." Changes since version 2.0 can be found on the RockWiki page. Download: ROCK3-source-r7770.tar.bz2 (2.0MB). Alternatively, several pre-built binary ISO images are also available for download.

PUD GNU/Linux is a Taiwanese mini live and installation CD based on Ubuntu, with ideas borrowed from the LAMPPIX and Damn Small Linux projects, and with support for Traditional Chinese. Its main purpose is to provide a complete Linux desktop with many popular applications and tools, yet remain small and simple to operate. PUD v0.4.6.1 is now available: "with lots of new features and packages, improved performance, bug fixes and upgrades. For more information please read on Release Note." Download: PUD-0.4.6.1.iso (187MB, MD5).

64 Studio is a Linux distribution with a collection of software for digital content creation on x86_64 hardware. It is based on the pure 64 port of Debian GNU/Linux, but with a specialised package selection and lots of other customisations. 64 Studio 0.9.0 is developed as a sort of beta release of version 1.0: "This will install Debian with X.org, the Gnome 2.14 desktop, Linux kernel 2.6.17 with realtime preemption patches and a selection of creative applications. To upgrade to the latest beta release, please see the UpgradeScript page." More information is available in the release notes and on the project's web site. Download the latest release from here: 64studio-install_0.9.0_amd64.iso (709MB, MD5). An i386 edition is also available. Update: On Aug 1st the developers withdrew the i386 build as it did not work.

After being available for free download for one week, NetBSD 3.0.1 is now officially announced: "NetBSD 3.0.1 is the first security/critical update of the NetBSD 3.0 release branch. This represents a selected subset of fixes deemed critical in nature for stability or security reasons, no new features have been added. NetBSD 3.0.1 runs on 57 different system architectures featuring 17 machine architectures across 17 distinct CPU families, and is being ported to more. The NetBSD 3.0.1 release contains complete binary releases for 53 different machine types, with the platforms amigappc, bebox, pc532 and playstation2 released in source form only. Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 3.0.1 are available for download at many sites around the world." More details can be found in the release announcement. CD images for all the supported architectures are available from a number of mirrors worldwide, as well as via BitTorrent; here is a quick link to the i386 CD image: i386cd-3.0.1.iso (200MB, MD5).

DragonFly BSD 1.6 has been released: "1.6 is our fourth major DragonFly release. DragonFly's policy is to only commit bug fixes to release branches. The biggest user-visible changes in this release are a new random number generator, a massive reorganisation of the 802.11 (wireless) framework, and extensive bug fixes in the kernel. We also made significant progress in pushing the big giant lock inward and made extensive modifications to the kernel infrastructure with an eye towards DragonFly's main clustering and userland VFS goals. We consider 1.6 to be more stable then 1.4." Find more details in the comprehensive announcement. Download: dfly-1.6.0_REL.iso.gz (94.0MB, MD5). DragonFly BSD is a fork of FreeBSD 4.x series, representing a logical continuation of the branch that proved itself to be one of the most stable and reliable FreeBSD releases ever built.

The GoblinX Mini 1.4.0 is out today: "The GoblinX 1.4.0 has several important improvments. The Liveupgrade, our livecd remaster tool, now has a new main window with all options you can enable before create your own livecd, there are also several new GUIs prepared to use, gtkDSL which is a graphical interface to configure accounts and start DSL connections, gtkSwap, used to create swap memory files, gtkQivss, a Qiv slideshow interface, gtkSplitz, to divide files into pieces and gtkImods, to use with modules and install modules to harddisk." Visit the project's news page to read the full release announcement and changelog. Download: GoblinXMini-1.4.0.iso (150MB, MD5).

Nico Reuter announced the second development release of SAM Linux Desktop: "This release means the biggest step in the history of SAM: going away from Mandriva to the new base of SAM: PCLinuxOS. I did this for various reasons, like compatibility of LiveCD tools, more stability, better community support and some more small reasons. SAM contains more than 1100 packages of finest Linux software on only one installable LiveCD... You can export your home directory to an USB key for your private documents and settings. Feel free to download your German or English copy of SAM Linux Desktop 2006-2preview!" Check the release announcement and the package list for more details. Download: SAM-2006-2-preview-english.iso (690MB, MD5). Note: As Ladislav Bodnar is on holiday, updates to distribution-specific pages are temporarily pending.

After two release candidates, Tomas Matejicek announced the availability of SLAX 5.1.7: "The final version of SLAX 5.1.7 has been released. Compared to 5.1.6, the new version fixes some bugs regarding the 'load' cheatcode, it adds and upgrades several boot options (like noswap, noauto, from= and changes=/dev...) and added new cleanup scripts to correctly handle shutdown procedures." Check the list of changes since 5.1.6 here. Download: slax-5.1.7.iso (196MB, MD5). Update: SLAX 5.1.7 was renamed to 5.1.7b on July 27; the SLAX developer had 5.1.7 "reuploaded to FTP as 5.1.7b (http mirror was broken somehow and this is the only way for me to refresh it)."

Warren Woodford has announced the availability of SimplyMEPIS 6.0, the first public release of SimplyMEPIS to incorporate an Ubuntu foundation: "Based on the Dapper LTS package pool, 6.0 is designed for stable long term use and support. SimplyMEPIS 6.0 is a complete and safe desktop environment designed to meet the needs of everyday computer users. SimplyMEPIS offers advanced hardware autodetection, multimedia integration, and an easy to use installer. Featured software includes KDE 3.5.3, Kontact 1.2.3, OpenOffice.org 2.0.2, Firefox 1.5.0.4, Thunderbird 1.5.0.4, RealPlayer 10.0.7, as well as hundreds of other top quality applications. SimplyMEPIS 6.0 runs the latest security patched 2.6.15 Linux kernel from Ubuntu-Security." Read the complete press release for further information. Download from mirrors: SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso (690MB, MD5).

The development team of the Zenwalk GNU/Linux distribution is pleased to announce that their latest stable release, Zenwalk Linux 2.8, is now available: "Zenwalk 2.8 is a major evolution as more than 160 packages have been updated or added, including the Linux kernel 2.6.17.6 and several system improvements... Visual enhancements include a new boot splash screen and 4 new icon themes for the latest XFCE desktop environment (version 4.3.90.2). The most significant recent addition to Zenwalk's software repository is a full GNOME desktop environment built in only six packages! Extra desktop environments (Gnome and KDE) are available as optional packages in the repository, available via Zenwalk's internet based package management system "netpkg"." Read the full release announcement for more information. Download: zenwalk-2.8.iso (410MB, MD5).

A simple bug-fix and general improvement from ZenLive-2.6, a new live CD edition of the Slackware-based distribution Zenwalk, has been released: "ZenLive-2.6.1 features new games, the Gparted utility with ntfs support, full DVD support and a better sampling of International fonts. Furthermore, it is based upon Zenwalk-current (as of July 15th) which will give you a sneak peek into the imminent Zenwalk-2.8 release... At the same time, we have also released a Special French-speaking edition dedicated to our sister website: Zenwalk.fr. This Special Edition features, among other things, a direct boot & applications such as Firefox & Thunderbird already in French. Enjoy!" More information, including the changelog and download links, can be found on the project's home page. Get the live CD image from here: ZenLive-2.6.1.iso (500MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.

A live CD edition of Kate OS 3.0 Beta is now available for download and testing: "KateOS LIVE 3.0beta is now available. This version includes most of desktop applications and features Xfce as the graphical environment. It should be especially interesting for those who would like to help us in testing but do not have enough disk space. The LIVE edition is a complete operating system with automatic hardware detection and auto-mount of all accessible partitions which will let you begin a fully effective work in just a few minutes." Find more on the project's home page. Download: KateOS_3.0beta-LIVE.iso (698MB, MD5).

The first development CD image of Ubuntu release 6.10, code name "Edgy Eft", has been released for Intel x86, PowerPC, and AMD64 platforms: "Welcome to Edgy Eft Knot-1, which will in time become Ubuntu 6.10. Knot-1 is the first in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Edgy development cycle, as images that are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD-build or installer bugs, while representing very current snapshots of Edgy. You can download it here, for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu respectively." Read the full announcement and visit the Edgy Eft wiki page for more details. Three types of CD images (also BitTorrent files) for all three architectures are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com; here is a quick link to the edgy-desktop-i386.iso (679MB, MD5).

The first beta release of ClarkConnect Gateway/Server 4.0 is out: "With this release, the software is certainly stable enough to use - we have been running it on most of our in-house systems for a few weeks. There are still many places that require extra polish (missing locale, user interface improvements, etc).. However, the underlying software modules (antivirus, LDAP, etc.) work just fine." Read the release page for a summary for features, known issues, and also some tips. Download: snapshot-4.0-beta-1.iso (396MB).

As reported more than three weeks ago, CollegeLinux 2.5 is back: "As we started to be one of the first distribution aimed to give you a truly learning experience, once again we have tried to give you something more. Not yet another distro. Not yet another live Linux. But a live server! That's right, a server that you can bring with you anywhere you go, and soon with the possibility to save your site pages and details on a CollegeLinux.org account. CollegeLinux Live Server is a Debian Linux based Live CD. As soon as you start, it is a fully capable PHP5, Perl and Ruby webserver, preloaded with GEdit and Vim for editing scripts with syntax highlighting." See the project's homepage for more. Download (MD5): cl_liveserver-20060718.iso (131MB).

Michael K. Johnson has announced the availability of an updated release of rPath Linux 1 for both i386 and x86_64 architectures: "The new images incorporate installation changes, new kernels, and all package updates released as of July 12. If you have already installed rPath Linux 1, you should update your current system using Conary rather than reinstall using the new images. In this update, additional image types are now available for use with VMWare, QEMU, and other emulation technologies. A "live" or "demo" CD image is included as well." Please refer to the release announcement for further information. Download (MD5, SHA1): rpath-1.0.3-x86-dvd1.iso (1,306MB) or rpath-1.0.2-x86_64-dvd1.iso (1,411MB).

The Dreamlinux Project Team announced version 2.0 of Dreamlinux, a Brazilian Linux distribution based on the XFce desktop: "called WORKS and it brings the most known Linux apps for a production environment, like OpenOffice, Inkscape, Gimp, etc. Full support to multimedia, automatic detection of video cards and monitors, and the version 2.5 of MKDistro, tool for distros' building. This Dreamlinux version is the result of making use of various technologies that came from many different distros, like Kanotix, Elive, Morphix and Debian. With a 2.6.14 Kanotix Kernel, the distro also counts with Xorg 6.9, support for ALSA and many refinements and improvements, beyond the customised XFCE 4.4 environment and with exclusive icons for this distro." More information can be found at the project's homepage. Download (MD5): DLxfce2.0_WORKS-060712en.iso (611MB). An experimental Dreamlinux 2.0 XGL edition was also released.

The first beta release of Kate OS 3.0 is now available for download and testing: "Today the beta version of Kate OS 3.0 was publicly released. It contains a completely rewritten TGZex package management system, which will certainly satisfy every user of our distribution. Inside the Kate OS project, three subprojects have been created - libsmarttools (basic classes/functions used in updateos2 ), libupdateos (provides simple API for remote operations on TGZex packages), and updateos2 (CLI interface for libupdateos)." Read the full release announcement on the project's home page. Download: KateOS_3.0beta1-CD1.iso (687MB, MD5) and KateOS_3.0beta1-CD2.iso (618MB, MD5).

Kuniyasu Suzaki has announced the availability of a new version of Xenoppix, a live CD that "boots KNOPPIX on Xen HVM domain on Intel VT (example: iMac CoreDuo) and AMD SVM." From the release announcement: "Xenoppix (Xen3.0.2 + KNOPPIX 5.0.1) CD is released. It uses isolinux + mbootpack instead of GRUB, because the combination expands bootable machines. It enables Xen to boot on EFI (iMac CoreDuo). LCAT (Live CD Acceleration Toolkit) is applied to make fast boot. It was effective on Dom0, DomU and HVM." Visit the project's home page to learn more about the distribution and its features. Download either via BitTorrent, or from this FTP server: knoppix_v5.0.1...20060712.iso (693MB, MD5).

Eric Harrison has announced the availability of the first release candidate of K12LTSP Linux 5.0, a Fedora-based Linux distribution for thin clients: "K12LTSP 5.0.0 release candidate #1 has been uploaded. This includes today's LTSP CVS + the K12LTSP keymap fix. Jim tells me that LTSP 4.2 update 3 is about ready. If there are any additional updates to LTSP before update 3 is officially released, we'll add them into RC2. Please give this build a very thorough test and report any and all issues that you see. The repositories have been updated, if you have an earlier beta installed you can simply run 'yum update'." Here is the full release announcement. K12LTSP 5.0 comes on 6 CDs and is available for both the i386 and x86_64 architectures. Download from the k12.or.us server.

Andreas Jaeger has announced the release of the second alpha build of SUSE Linux 10.2, together with the decision to rename SUSE Linux to openSUSE: "We're glad to announce SUSE Linux 10.2, code name 'Basilisk Lizard' Alpha2. It's downloadable from today on and will be the last community / consumer distribution called SUSE Linux. We'll rename SUSE Linux to openSUSE. We'll implement the first name change in Alpha 3 and will have a fully renamed distribution with Beta 1 in November." Read the full release announcement for the reasons and other information. SUSE Linux 10.2 Alpha 2 is available for download from a number of mirror sites and also via BitTorrent; here is a quick link to the x86 torrent file: SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha2-i386 (3,298MB).

Jaromil has announced dyne:bolic 2.1, an updated version of the recently released version 2.0 of the distribution targetting media producers and artists: "Version 2.1 is out with an updated kernel, important fixes and new audio applications." Updates and fixes since 2.0 include: "upgrade to kernel 2.6.17; fix to dock and nest on USB storage; support for LVM and raid volumes; network file system tools; new in audio: Seq24, SooperLooper, Rosegarden, Icecast; fixes to MuSE (updated to development version); better VGA detection; miscellaneous fixes to desktop usability." See the release announcement for a more complete list of changes. Download (MD5): dyne-2.1.iso (632MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.

PC-BSD 1.2 has been released: "PC-BSD software is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD 1.2 for x86 based processors. PC-BSD 1.2 now utilizes the FreeBSD advanced ULE scheduler and is compiled with optimizations for 686 processors (all support for 386, 486 and 586 microcode is disabled in kernel). This release of PC-BSD ushers in a new era of stability and simplicity for desktop operating systems based on UNIX, making it a solid release for home and business usage. Version 1.2 is powered by the latest FreeBSD 6.1 OS and integrated with the popular KDE 3.5.3 desktop environment." Read the press release, changelog and release notes for more information. Download (MD5): PCBSD-1.2-x86-CD1.iso (675MB).

Warren Woodford has announced the availability of SimplyMEPIS 6.0, Release Candidate 3. What's new? "The display layout of the 'settings' kioslave has been tweaked in response to tester feedback. 'Setting' are system configuration utilities. It's hoped the new layout will be easier to navigate. The RT2400 and RT2500 wireless tools have been added to settings. Khotkeys now works with settings in KDE 3.5.3. For better integration with KDE, MEPIS has been removing utilities from the MEPIS OS Center and rewriting them so they can be placed in appropriate categories in settings. The MEPIS Installer is now a separate application." Read the complete press release for further information. Download: SimplyMEPIS_6.0-rc3_i386.iso (682MB, MD5).

UHU-Linux project has released a second development build of the upcoming major new release of the Hungarian distribution. Some of the more important changes since Test 1 include the following: GNOME NetworkManager has replaced the in-house networking module; storage device auto-mounting is now handled by Hal and Fuse; documentation has been extended by several new chapters dealing with new features in UHU-Linux 2.0, UTF-8 encoding and keyboard shortcut setup; BMPx has replaced XMMS as the default audio player; various bug fixes. Find more details and a list of known issues in the release announcement (in Hungarian). Download from here: uhu-linux-2.0-test2-cd.iso (698MB, MD5).

BeleniX 0.4.4 has been released. What's new in the latest version of the OpenSolaris-based live CD? "This release marks one more important step for live CD performance. After a couple of months of hacking and testing, this release includes an enhancement to the HSFS filesystem module that improves CD-ROM access time by up to 30%. The source code for the modified HSFS module along with context diffs can be downloaded here. In addition, a bunch of work is going around packaging so the next major release should be complete with packaging based on Pkgsrc." Visit the project's home page to read the full release announcement. Download: belenix0.4.4.iso (698MB, MD5).

Jeff Moe has announced the final release of BLAG Linux And GNU 50000 - a single-CD, Fedora-based distribution with multimedia support and extra applications: "BLAG 50000 ('grass') has been released. BLAG 50000 is based on Fedora Core 5 and uses packages from Extras, FreshRPMS, Dries, and ATrpms. It includes all Fedora updates as of time of release." The new version is built on top of the Linux kernel 2.6.17, with glibc 2.4, X.Org 7.0, GNOME 2.14.1, Firefox 1.5.0.4, the latest GNOME Office, and a collection of multimedia applications, codecs and libraries. Please see the release announcement for further details and download links. Get the CD image from here: BLAG-50000.iso (683MB, MD5). The CD image is also available for download via BitTorrent.

Patrick Verner has announced the release of a new version of GParted LiveCD. What's new? "I added some goodies people have been asking for: Partimage, GRUB, rsync, fdisk, cfdisk, and sfdisk. Links has also been included to view LarryT's documentation while running the live CD and live USB. Some other stuff was upgraded like adding a shutdown menu and the entire layout of the root file system. The entire root file system is compressed with SquashFS and the boot process has been vastly changed. This saved almost 5 MB to add extras. The kernel was also updated to Linux 2.6.17.4." Here is the full release announcement with changelog. Download: gparted-livecd-0.2.5-3.iso (28.4MB, MD5).

A new development build of VideoLinux is out: "I am pleased to announce the release of hopefully the last alpha release for testing and feedback. The next release will be a beta release. There are many new packages and upgrades including: upgraded to customised 2.6.15 kernel by ocilent1; customised X.Org server by Thac to provide additional 3D support for many graphics cards; WINE upgraded to 0.9.16; added xDVDShrink 2.6.1; added Cinelerra 2.0." See the release announcement and changelog for more details. Download: VideoLinux-2.1-Alpha-i686.iso (483MB, MD5). VideoLinux is a PCLinuxOS-based distribution with focus on DVD backups, video encoding and transcoding, DVD authoring and format conversion.

The second release candidate of SLAX 5.1.7 has been released. The main focus of this release was fixing bugs reported since the release of RC1 and a return to kernel 2.6.16 for backward compatibility. From the changelog: "Added back kernel 2.6.16(.22) so 'from=' parameter is backward compatible; /etc/shadow - fixed file permissions; the 'fromiso=' cheatcode is now renamed to 'from='; rc.local is now called as the last start-up script; added bold and italic DejaVu fonts; Upgraded to Fluxbox 1.0rc1, Fluxbox theme modified to use DejaVu fonts; added MPlayer 1.0pre8 with new xVid codecs, setup to use DejaVu fonts; added a feature to manage modules by using context menu; added 'noswap' boot parameter to disable autoloading of a swap partition...." Download: slax-5.1.7rc2.iso (195MB, MD5).

Marcel J. Zwiebel has announced the availability of a new release of Nonux, a Slackware-based desktop-oriented distribution and live CD (with Dropline GNOME as its desktop environment) designed for use in Dutch-speaking business environments. What's new in Nonux 3.1? Upgraded Linux kernel to version 2.6.17.3, upgraded GNOME to version 2.14.2, upgraded OpenOffice.org to version 2.0.3, upgraded Evolution to version 2.6.2, and upgraded Mozilla Firefox to version 1.5.0.4. Ekiga, GnuPG and Liferea have also been upgraded to newer versions. Find a complete changelog on the distribution's news page (in Dutch). Nonux 3.1 is available for free download from here: nonux-3.1.iso (679MB, MD5).

An updated version of StartCom Enterprise Linux has been released: "The updated release of the StartCom Enterprise Linux AS-4 series received the YUM Extender as its new package and software updater, as well as the 1.5 Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail client. This, together with additional 200 updated packages, makes this stable and proven operating system the work horse for your mission critical enterprise applications. The YUM Extender, a graphical front-end application for YUM, makes the installing, removing of software packages and updating of your system even more easy." Read the brief press release for further information. Download (MD5): Barak-i386-u3-DVD.iso (2,031MB) or Barak-x86_64-u3-DVD.iso (2,320MB).

The project developing Gentoox, a Gentoo-based operating system for the Xbox, has announced a number of new releases: "New release: Gentoox Home v5.0. Summary: Gentoox Loader v6.04; updated software as of 29th July 2006; fully synced with magic as of 29th July 2006; on screen keyboard in GDM activated by hitting 'B' 5 times; KDE 3.5.2 and XFce 4.2.x; ext3 file system; junk moved out of local.start and local.stop; checkroot / checkfs bug fixed; Sparkle 2.0; ALSA and kernel ebuilds made to be more compatible with Gentoo; Linux kernel 2.4.32." Besides Gentoox Home, the project's Pro, Sparkle and Resctoox editions have all been updated; see the release announcement for more details. Download: Gentoox.ShALLaX.Home-Edition-v5.0.rar (794MB, MD5).

The fans of Zenwalk Linux will be excited to learn that a new live CD edition of the Slackware-based distribution has been released: "An idea has quickly become a reality as the ZenLive Linux live CD project is happy to announce its first major release - ZenLive 2.6! This release is based on a combination of Zenwalk Linux and Linux-Live scripts to create the ultimate Linux live CD. The features of this release include hardware recognition using Zenwalk's configuration tools, international translations, the latest XFce window manager, multimedia applications, video games, office software, and networking and development tools - all in a single CD." More information and download links can be found on the project's home page. Get the live CD image from here: ZenLive-2.6.iso (413MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.

Muslim Abutaha has announced the first alpha release of Arabian Linux 0.7, an Ubuntu-based live CD with support for Arabic and English languages. From the changelog: "Arabian Linux 0.7 Alpha1 released. Based on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) packages; default file system set to ext3; GRUB is the default bootloader; some options of installer were disabled (not tested yet in the new base); auto detection of Linux distributions installed on hard disk; added Ekiga (aka GnomeMeeting); added Tapioka (Google talk clone)." Interested alpha testers can download the ISO image from here: arabian-0.7-livecd.iso (471MB, MD5).

The Sabayon project, which produces RR4 and RR64 Linux live DVDs based on Gentoo Linux, has created a CD edition of their product for x86 computers: "RR4 Linux 3.0 RC1 miniEdition, commonly called the 'mini', is the CD release of the latest RR4 Linux. Features: no SMP kernel available; latest proprietary drivers from ATI (8.25.18) and NVIDIA (1.0-8762); faster boot time compared to RR4 Linux and very fast on memory constrained systems; Fluxbox available as a viable alternative to KDE 3.5.3; no extra language available by default (only English); no Stage 1, 2, 3 installation; multimedia features kept intact...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. The ISO image is available for download via BitTorrent: RR4-Linux-3.0.RC1-miniEdition (693MB).

The first beta release of PC-BSD 1.2 is ready for testing. From the changelog: "Updated ports to current as of 6-26-06; added py-qt and py-kde ports to default install (allows SuperKaramba plugins to work); cleaned up icons folders; added DBSD Network / User Toolset into Control Panel; converted PC-BSD tools to Control Panel modules; updated KMenu to display categories; zip support included in default install; added Bash to default install; set up CD insert notification to allow playing audio CDs and DVDs; Windows key now launches K-Menu...." Download: PCBSD-1.2-x86-CD1-Beta.iso (673MB, MD5).

SME Server 7.0 is finally out: "Version 7.0 of SME Server has been released. The new release represents the culmination of months of hard work by numerous developers and beta testers and is sure to impress those that select it as their server distribution. Some of these features include: the industry leading web server capable of hosting multiple domains; a full featured email server with virus and spam filtering, webmail and secure access; industry standard firewall for intrusion protection; a proxy server with content filtering capability and internet sharing...." Read the release announcement and overview of features for further details. Download: smeserver-7.0.iso (463MB, MD5).

A new version of B2Dr Linux, a Taiwanese Debian-based live and installation CD with support for traditional Chinese, has been released. The most important changes in this release are kernel upgrade to version 2.6.16.19, udev support, switch to X.Org (version 6.9.0), upgrade to KDE 3.5.3 and GNOME 2.14.1, and NTFS write support with libntfs + fuse (replaces captive-ntfs). One important known issue: the Unionfs file system is not functional in this release. If you understand Chinese, you can find more information and screenshots in the release announcement. Download from here: B2DpureKGB20060630.iso (686MB, MD5).